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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Rejects LAX Takeoff After Hitting Object On Runway
An Alaska Airlines flight aborted takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after hitting a large piece of debris on the runway. The aircraft rolled to a stop safely and returned to the apron. A suspected fragment of rubber The incident occurred at LAX on Tuesday, April 11th - Alaska Airlines flight AS1263 from Los Angeles to Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) was accelerating for takeoff when it impacted with what the crew believed was a piece of rubber on the runway. (www.msn.com) More...
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Years ago a FedEx DC-10-30, which had taken off from Heathrow bound for Memphis, was informed out over the Atlantic to be aware that they only have one nose wheel. The other one had evidently come off during rotation and was found off the runway!
“Detritus”, the word for the day!
Yes! Latin words are more impressive.
It is reported that it was part of the expansion joint from runway.
Wonder if they notified the plane(s) who had just landed or taken off that they might be missing some parts?
Just another ground maintenance issue we see happening more and more lately. Something needs to be done or the errors can become far more deadly.
The aircraft went to the MX barn for a thorough inspection of flaps, lower wing and horizontal stab., on a conventional tail aircraft, as those are usually the most often struck by blown main tyre detritus. And given the lack of detail, somebody must have gone somewhere minus one.